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INCA - Carbon Sequestration

This dataset is an output of KIP INCA. Global climate regulation as an ecosystem service includes the sequestration of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere by ecosystems. This dataset reports carbon sequestration by forests and woodland based on reported LUL...

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INCA - Timber Provision

This dataset is an output of KIP INCA. The dataset presents the contribution of ecosystems to timber provision by multiplying the net annual increment of timber with a ratio that estimates the contribution of ecosystems to timber growth. (Human inputs used in...

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INCA - Crop Provision

This dataset is an output of KIP INCA. The dataset presents the contribution of ecosystems to crop provision by multiplying the yield in tonne/ha with the ecosystem contribution ratio. This ratio is a number between 0 and 1 and expresses the contribution of n...

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INCA - Soil Retention

This dataset is an output of KIP INCA. On site soil erosion from rainfall is regarded as one of the major causes of environmental degradation. However, healthy ecosystems can also halt soil erosion and contribute to the maintenance of soil quality and therefor...

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INCA - Outdoor Recreation

This dataset is an output of KIP INCA. It describes the use of outdoor recreation on a daily basis (requiring short distance movement to reach a recreational area). Outdoor recreation is a cultural ecosystem service that includes all physical and intellectual...

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INCA - Flood Control

This dataset is an output of KIP INCA. All ecosystems but in particular forests, shrubland, grasslands and wetlands reduce runoff by retaining water in the soil and aquifers and slowing down the water flow. This prevents the rapid downstream runoff of surface...

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INCA - Crop Pollination

This dataset is an output of KIP INCA. It describes the ecosystem service of crop pollination. Pollination is a key ecosystem service as many crops but in particular, fruits and vegetables are partially dependent on pollinating insects to produce food for huma...

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Supply and Use Tables (9 Ecosystem Services)

This dataset is an output of KIP INCA. The tables report ecosystem service actual flow in physical and monetary terms. Physical units varies according to the ES, the monetary unit is Euro. The monetary valuation is expressed in constant prices. The Supply tab...

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INCA - Habitat and Species Maintenance

This dataset is an output of KIP INCA. Habitat and species maintenance as ecosystem service is defined as the presence of suitable ecological condition -usually habitats- and of species that people value. The biophysical assessment includes the mapping (i) of ...

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EU Ecosystem Assessment - Invasive Alien Species

A spatially explicit cross-cutting indicator that quantifies the cumulative and relative pressure by IAS on terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, by means of a unitless figure related to the relative extent of each ecosystem type negatively affected, over a r...

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INCA - Water Purification

This dataset is an output of KIP INCA. The water purification service refers to the removal of pollutants from water that is mediated by microorganisms, algae and plants and other ecological processes such as filtration, sequestration and storage of pollutants...

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EU Ecosystem Assessment - Urban Ecosystem

Air pollutants emissions: Pressure indicator. Total air pollutants emission inside Functional Urban Areas. Air pollutants concentration: environmental quality indicator. Average air pollutants concentrations inside Functional Urban Areas. Municipal waste gene...

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EU Ecosystem Assessment - Freshwater Ecosystem

List of indicators included in the dataset: 1) River, Lakes and Freshwater ecosystem extent; 2) Domestic waste emissions to the environment; 3) Nitrogen, Phosphorous, and Biochemical Oxygen Demand concentration in rivers below alert thresholds; 4) Frequenc...

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EU Ecosystem Assessment - Marine Ecosystem

This dataset contains the relevant products for the following indicators: Acidification, Sea surface temperature, Sea level anomaly, Seawater salinity, Chemicals load to sea, Nutrients load to sea, Riverine litter load to sea, "Fish mortality (F) of commercial...

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EU Ecosystem Assessment - Forest Condition

This dataset contains the relevant data sets for the following indicators: Acidification, eutrophication, dry matter productivity (DMP), effective rainfall, evapotranspiration, forest fragmentation, tree cover loss, tropospheric ozone. Fact-sheets describing t...

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Air quality regulation

NO2 is used as indicator substance for mapping air quality regulation by urban green space. Removal of NO2 by urban green space is calculated based on NO2 concentrations and deposition velocity.

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Soil erosion control

Soil erosion control is a key ecosystem service delivered by terrestrial ecosystems, mainly through vegetation cover. Two indicators are used to quantify capacity and use of the service. A first dimensionless indicator measures the capacity of ecosystems to av...

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Water Retention Index

WRI is a composite indicator developed to assess the capacity of the landscape to regulate and retain water passing through it. This indicator shows where there could be a deficit in the capacity of the landscape to retain water which, combined with rainfall e...

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Forest Carbon Potential

Forest carbon potential is an indicator which is developed to assess relative changes in carbon stock and flows and to compute its variation between two time periods, in relation to the extent of forests within the European Union. The indicator is based on out...